Gale
ZONA, an American writer, born at Portage, Wis., in 1874. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1895, and until 1904 was enged in newspaper work in Milwaukee gaged and New York. She began contributing short stories to magazines and at once attained notice for her unusual skill in portraying life and character in rural communities. Her works include "Friendship Village" (1908); "Mothers to Men" (1911); "A Daughter of To-morrow" (1917); "Peace in Friendship Village" (1919); "Miss Lulu Bett" (1920).
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Galerius
or GALERIUS VALERIUS MAXIMIANUS, a Roman emperor; born of humble parentage, near Sardica, Dacia. Entering the imperial army, he rose rapidly to the highest ranks. In 292 Diocletian conferred on him the title of Cæsar, and gave him his daughter in marriage. In 296-297 he conducted a campaign against the Persians, in which he decisively defeated their king, Narses. On the abdication of Diocletian (305) he and Constantius Chlorus became joint rulers of the Ro man empire, Galerius taking the E. half. When Constantius died in York (306) the troops in Britain and Gaul immediately transferred their allegiance to his , (afterward Constantine son Constantine the Great). Galerius, however, retained possession of the E. till his death. He died in A. D. 311.
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Galesburg
a city of Illinois, the county-seat of Knox co. It is on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroads. It is an important industrial community and has the Burlington Railroad shops, stock yards, brick making plants, boiler and engine ine works, iron foundries, etc. It is the distributing point int for the wholesale and jobbing trade of a large section. The city is notable for the number of its educational institutions within its borders. These include Knox College, Lombard College, Corpus Christi Lyceum, St. Mary's School, St. Joseph's Academy, and others. There are several excellent parks, hospitals, and a public library. Pop. (1910) 22,089; (1920) 23,834.
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Galigai, Leonora
Wife of the Maréchal d'Ancre Concino Concini, who was killed by the populace, in 1617. She was believed to be a sorceress, and was said to have bewitched the Queen. In her possession were found three volumes full of magic characters, besides charms and amulets. At her trial, it was established that the Maréchal and his wife had consulted magicians, astrologers, and sorcerers, and had made use of waxen images, and that they had brought sorcerers from Nancy to sacrifice cocks, besides working many other sorceries and deeds of dark- ✓ ness. It is said that on her own confession, she was condemned, and was beheaded and burnt in 1617. But when President Courtin asked her by what charm she had bewitched the Queen, she replied, proudly : My spell was the power of a strong mind over a weak one." 66
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Galignani
JOHN ANTHONY (gälē-nyä'-nē), an English journalist; born in London, England, 1, Oct. 13, 1796; was latter taken by by his father to Paris in the part of 1798. He succeeded his father in publishing the weekly paper "Galignani's Messenger," which had become popular among the English residents of Paris. He remained a subject of Great Britain during his life, and was very liberal to the charitable institutions of that country. He died in Paris, Dec. 31, 1873. His brother, WILLIAM, born in London, March 10, 1798, was associated with him in the management of the "Messenger," and in the building of a hospital in Neuilly for indigent English people. In his will he provided money and land for the erection in Neuilly of the Galignani Brothers' Retreat for 100 printers, booksellers, etc., or their families. He died aris, Dec. 12, 1882. in Paris,
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Galilaea
At the birth of Christ this was the northmost of the three divisions of Palestine west of the Jordan. Its inhabitants were a mixed race of Jews, Syrians, Phoenicians, Greeks, and others, and were therefore despised by the Jews of Judaea. Galinthias or Galanthis. Daughter of Proetus of Thebes , and a friend of Alcmena . When Alcmena was on the point of giving birth to Hercules , and the Moerae and Ilithyiae, at the request of Hera ( Juno ), were endeavoring to delay the birth, Galinthias suddenly rushed in with the false report that Alcmena had given birth to a son. The hostile goddesses were so surprised at this information that they dropped their arms. Thus the charm was broken, and Alcmena was enabled to give birth to Hercules. The deluded goddesses avenged the deception practiced upon them by metamorphosing Galinthias into a weasel. Hecate, however, took pity upon her, and made her her attendant, and Hercules afterwards erected a sanctuary to her.
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Galion
a city of Ohio in Crawford co. It is on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis and the Erie railroads. Its manufacturing industries are of great importance. They include railroad shops, carriage factories, wagon works, lumber mills, manufactures of automobile gears, pipes, etc. The city has a public library. Pop. (1910) 0) 7,214; (1920) 7,374.
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Gall Bladder
a membranous sac, 3 or 4 inches long by 1½ inches broad, lodged obliquely in a fossa on the under surface of the right lobe of the liver. The neck, which is shaped like the letter S, bends downward and terminates in the cystic duct.
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Gallatin
ALBERT (gal'a-tin), an American financier; born in Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 29, 1761. He was graduated at the university there in 1779. In 1780 he went to the United States, and for a time teacher of French in was Harvard College. In 1786 he removed to Pennsylvania, became a member of the State Legislature, and in 1793 he was elected to the United States Senate, but was declared ineligible. From 1795 to 1801 he served in the House of Representatives, and from 1801 to 1813 he was Secretary of the Treasury. He took an important part in the negotiations for peace with England in 1814, and signed the treaty of Ghent. From 1815 to 1823 he was minister at Paris, and in 1826 he was sent to London as ambassador extraordinary. On his return in 1827 he settled in New York, and devoted much of his time to literature, being chiefly occupied in historical and ethnological researches. He was one of the founders and the first president of the Ethnological Society of America; and from 1843 to his death he was president of the New York Historical Society. His works include publications on finance, politics, and ethnology; among these last are "The Indian Tribes East of the Rocky Mountains, etc." (1836), and "Notes on the Semi-Civilized Nations of Mexico, Yucatan, and Central America" (1845). He died Aug. 12, 1849.
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